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Yancey

Ghost town · McMinn County, Tennessee

Etowah quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:24,000)
Etowah quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Yancey is a ghost town in McMinn County, Tennessee. It is one of 3 former communities in McMinn County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 69th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Yancey as a historical populated place on the Etowah topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 35.2892° N, 84.5874° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleEtowah
Elevation819 ft
Nearest living townDelano, TN
Distance to it2.7 miles
GNIS feature ID1640641
Coordinates35.28924, -84.58743

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What's there now

Yancey is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Delano, TN (population 767), about 2.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 819 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Yancey?

Yancey is in McMinn County, Tennessee, at 35.2892, -84.5874.

How many ghost towns are in McMinn County?

McMinn County, Tennessee has 3 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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